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J. BURGHARD & G. J. HEIMBERGER.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 453,420. Patented June 2,1891.

INK/ENTER.

WITNEEEIE.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

JOSEPH BURGHARD AND CHARLES J HEIMBERGER, OF PROVIDENCE,

RHODE ISLAND. A

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part .of Letters Patent No. 453,420, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed March 10, 1891- Serial No. 384,438. (No model.)

To to whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that we, Josnrn BURGHARD, a citizen of Bavaria, Germany, residing in Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, and CHARLES J. HEIM- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, also residing in Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stopples; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to mechanical bottle -stopples Bottle stopples which are pivotally secured to the neck of the bottle, as heretofore constructed, are liable to be loosened in handling and transportation and are unsightly and inconvenient in use.

The object of this invention is to produce a pivoted bottle-stopple permanently secured to the bottle which shall have a neat and finished appearance, will be securely held in the closed position, and can be more conveniently 1 operated than the older bottle-stopplesof its class.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the parts of the bottle-stopple that the same can be made cheaply and secured to the bottle in a simple and'inexpensive manner.

Afurther object of this invention is to increase the length of the lever by which the stopple is operated, so that it may be firmly closed against the opening inthe neck of the bottle and to bring the yoke-wire closer to the top of the stopple when closed than has heretofore been done.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the bottle-stopple, as Will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a view of the neck of a bottle with the improved stopple attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the neck of the bottle and stopple, showing the construction of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the neck of the bottle and stopple, the operating-lever being shown in front view.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings, 4 indicates the neck of the bottle, having the usual enlargement at the top, forming a shoulder at 4. Around the neck of the bottle, near the shoulder 4: a wire 5, having the coils 5' at opposite sides of the bottle-neck, is bent, and is secured by twisting the ends together. The wire 6,having the bent ends 6, is now passed through a perforation in the upper end of the lever 7, and the metal of the wire is slightly upset on both sides of the lever-bearing to hold the upper end of the lever in a position on the center of the wire 6. The bent ends 6 may now be inserted in the bearings formed by the coils 5. The lever 7 is shaped to conform somewhat to the shape of the upper end of the bottle and has the spoon-shaped tongue 7, which lies against the neck of the bottle when closed, and an eccentric arm 7 which is pivotally secured on a pin 9, inserted in the metal cap 8 crosswise of the slot 9, in which the eccentric arm 7 moves.

The rubber stopple 10 is cast in a mold having a core of the shape of the lower portion of the metal cap 8, and when the cap is inserted in the rubber portion the projecting rib 10 fits around the button 8 of the metal cap 8 and secures the one to the other.

The lever 7 is shown as provided with the tongue or spoon-shaped end 7 which lies close to the neck of the bottle when the stopple is secured. This lower flattened end may be omitted and the lever 7 may have its end shaped to any other desired form, although we prefer the flattened tongue-shaped end, as shown.

In opening the bottle the extended end 7 of the lever secures such complete control of the stopple that by raising the lever the stopple will be raised on the side of the dischargeopening of the bottle opposite the lever, and thus a portion of the contents of the liquid in the bottle, even of effervescing liquid under pressure, may be readily discharged and the rest quickly and securely stoppered up for further use by simply depressing the lever. Liquids under high pressure may also have a portion of the gas released by thus partially opening'the bottle by the slow raising of the end 7 of the lever 7, and thus a more convenient and more desirable bottle-stopple is secured.

The operation of opening or closing the bottle is very simple and may be readily understood from the drawings.

Having thus described our invention, we

5 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- In a mechanical bottle-stopple, the combination, with the rubber stopple 10, having the shoulder 10, adapted to surround the button xo 8' of the metal cap 8, provided with the slot 9 and transverse pin 9, the ends of which are securely embedded in the metal of the cap,

of a lever 7, having the tongue 7 and eccentric arm 7 pivotally secured to the pin 9', and a yoke-wire 6, pivotally secured in a hearing at I 5 the upper end of the lever 7 and having the bent ends 6 journaled in bearings formed by the coils 5 of the wire 5, secured to the bottle, as described.

JOSEPH BURGHARD. CHARLES J. l-IEIMBERGER. Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r., M. F. BLIGH. 

